Olympics
Lisa Carrington headlines Olympics
Lisa Carrington, New Zealand's five times world championship winner, was named in the country's Olympic canoeing team today. She joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Juliana Barbassa: Rio de Janeiro
As the countdown to the Olympics ticks louder, questions about Rio's readiness and suitability to host the games are far from fading. Among the concerned voices, Brazilian-born journalist and former… Audio
Martin Peat: crowd dynamics at the Olympics
New Zealand engineer who worked on crowd modelling and pedestrian movement at the Olympics in London, Sochi, and now Rio de Janeiro. He is the winner of the 2016 IPENZ Young Engineer of the Year… Audio
Five NZ sailing crews named for Rio
Five crews have been named to represent New Zealand at the Rio Olympic sailing regatta in August.
Muscles and mutations
David Epstein's amazing story about genetic mutations started with an email with the subject line "Olympic medallist and muscular dystrophy patient with the same mutation". Audio
Dick Taylor talks about the Munich Olympics
Dick Taylor relives the '72 terrorist raid at the Olympic Village. First played 9 to noon with Kathryn Ryan, 7th September 2012. Audio
USOC to investigate Zika virus in Brasil
The USOC is to recruit two infectious disease experts to advise potential members of their Rio 2016 Games team who are concerned about the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil.
Lydia Ko back in NZ for first time in year to defend Open title
Lydia Ko is back in New Zealand for the first time in a year to defend the New Zealand Open she won last year and in 2013. Audio
New Zealand athletes to discuss Zika risk
New Zealand's Olympic athletes and officials will be briefed on the risk of the Zika virus as part of their regular discussions ahead of this year's Rio Games.
Call for heads to roll over PNG no-show
There may well be ramifications for PNG football officials after visa issues forced their women's football team to withdraw from the Olympic playoff against New Zealand.
Tough Rio ask for NZ basketballers
The New Zealand men's and women's basketball coaches say they're excited about their Olympic qualifying tournaments but realise it's going to be tough to get to Rio.
Visa blunder sends Ferns to Olympics
The Football Ferns will represent Oceania at the Olympics after Papua New Guinea withdrew from the second leg of the Rio qualifier.
Are we facing a crisis in world sport?
Richard Ings is the former Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority chief executive and former executive vice president for rules and competition at the Association of Tennis Professionals, and Scott… Audio
Wada Boss says cheating getting worse in top tier sport
From doping in athletics, allegations of match fixing in tennis and cricket, to corruption in football, and 'deflategate'. The World Anti-Doping Agency has traced institutionalized corruption to the… Audio
NZ road cycists to target time trial in Rio
Cycling New Zealand's high performance director Mark Elliott says the road team at the Rio Olympics will be targetting the individual time trial.
Size of stands to be trimmed at Rio Olympics
The grandstands for watching rowing and beach volleyball at the Rio Olympics are to be reduced in size to cut spending as Brazil's economic crisis hits home.
Road to Rio (Part 2): BMX, Judo and Trampolining
In the last part of a mini-series looking at our Olympic hopefuls we turn to issues facing some of our more niche athletes. Trampolinist Dylan Schmidt and Judo-ka Adrian Leat are both hoping to… Audio, Gallery
The Road to Rio (Part 1): rowing and running
What does it take for some of our top athletes to get on the Road to Rio? The Olympic Games start in August but many of our athletes hoping to qualify for the New Zealand Olympic team have everything… Audio
